End-gate for wagons



(No Model.)-

A. G. SAMUELSON.

END GATE FOR WAGONS.

Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW G. SAMUELSON, OF SLATER, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. H. LARSON, R.P. VILAND, OLE O. LEGVOLD, CHARLES SODERLAND, O. M. JOHNSON, E.PETERSON,AND A. K. ERSLAND, ALL OF STORY COUNTY,

IOWA.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECiFI GATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,062, datedNovember 4, 1890.

Application filed December 5, 1889. Serial No. 332,723. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, ANDREW G. SAMUEL- soN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and resident of Slater, in the county of Story andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in End-Gatesfor Wagon s, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of end-gates that are adj ustablyconnected with the end of a wagon-box, so that they can be locked in aclosed position or opened and suspended in a horizontal position to beused as a shoveling-board.

My invention consists in the combination and arrangement of metal strapshaving hooks 1 on their ends, jointed braces and bolts to reenforce thewings of an end gate, with a wagon-box and end-gate, as hereinafter setforth, and pointed out in the claims.

It also consists in connecting a cross-bar with the rear end of thebottom of a wagonbox in such a manner that grain cannot lodge under theend-gate and a tight joint be made and maintained when the gate isclosed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of the rearportion of a wagonbox to which the gate is permanently attached andlocked in a closed position. Fig. 2 shows the end-gate in position asrequired to be used as a shoveling-board. Fig. 3 shows the end-gateinverted and in position for use as a seat. Fig. at shows the end-gatein position as required to serve as a chute to direct the grain as it isdischarged from the box. Fig. 5 is a top view of the box, showing acrosspiece attached to support the end-gate and to prevent grain fromlodging under the bottom of the end-gate.

A represents a wagon=box, and B awinged end-gate of common form.

C is a metal strap that has a hook projecting at right angles from itslower end. One of these straps is fixed to the outside of the rearportion of each side of the box in sucha manner that the end of the hookwill project forward.

Jointed bracesD are pivoted to the top ends of the straps O and to thetop portions and edges of the wings on the end-gate by means of bolts,as shown, or in any suitable way.

Metal straps or bolts F are fixed to each wing of the end-gate at itsbroadest point to re-enforce the wings and also to engage the jointedbraces when in position to support the end-gate for use as ashoveling-board, as shown in Fig. 2, and as required to serve asfulcrums to the braces, so that the jointed braces will perform thefunctions of rigid levers in bearing a persons weight on theshoveling-board.

To close and look the end-gate, I turn itup against the end of the boxand let its bottom rest on bolts or irons g, that extend horizon tallyrearward from the bottom of the box to support a cross-piece h, and thenpress the overlapping portions of the jointed braces into the hooks onthe ends of the straps C. The long portions of the braces that arepivoted to the top portions of the wings of the gate pass the pivots anddead-centers on the sides of the box, draw the end-gate downward andforward, and lock it tight to the ends of the sides and the bottom ofthe box, as re quired to retain grain in bulk within the box. To unlockI press the doubled portions of the braces out of the hooks and forwardpast the dead-centers, as required to release the endgate from theirclamping and binding force.

To adjust the end-gate for use as a shoveling-board, Iturn the gaterearward and downward and let its bottom portion rest on the cross-pieceh and the jointed braces extend in an upwardly-bowed position and incontact with the wings of the gate, as shown in Fig. 2. The cross-pieceh is fixed to the cleat on the under side and end of the bottom of thebox by means of bolts gin such a manner that it will not be in contactwith the end of the bottom, and consequently there will be an open spacebetween the cross-bar and the box that will allow grain to fall throughand prevent it from lodging on the cross-piece and interfering withclosing the end of the wagon by means of the gate. The screwthreadedends of the irons g are secured to the fixed barby means of nuts in sucha manner that the bar h can be adjusted thereby relative to thethickness of the gate and to compensate for wear or shrinkage of thebottom of the end-gate, as required to make and maintain a close fit andtight joint. The gate can also be readily placed in position Withoutdetaching any part of the fastening devices, as shown in Fig. 3, to beused for a seat, and, as shown in Fig. 4, to serve as a chute, and bysinking the hind Wheels of the Wagon in the ground the gate can beinverted and extended downward to serve'as a platform or bridge foranimals to pass over and in and out of the wagon-box.

I claim as my invention- 1. Metal straps C, having hooks on their endsand fixed to the sides of a box to extend vertically, jointed braces D,pivoted to the top ends of said straps O and pivoted to the edges endsof an end-gate,andstraps or bolts F,

fixed across the widest parts of the lower ends of the wings of thegate, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth, for thepurposes stated.

2. In a wagon end-gate support, the combination of a movable cross-bar hand bolts or arms g, fixed thereto, with a bar fixed across the underside and rear end of the bottom of a Wagon-box, for maintaining an openspace between the movable bar and the fixed bar and a tight jointbetween the end of the Wagon-box and the end;gate.when closed, in themanner set forth, for thepnrposes stated.

ANDREW G. SAMUELSON.

Witnesses:

B. F. ANDERSON, OLEY NELSON.

